drievoet, noun and & adjective

/ˈdrifʊt/
Origin:
AfrikaansShow more Afrikaans, drie three + voet foot.
A. noun A trivet.
1970 E. Mundell Informant, Pearston, Eastern CapeThe kaffirpot stands on a drievoet.
1988 L.S. Dixon in C. Pedersen Down Memory Lane at Riet River 51Cooking was done on an open fire, much of it in the cast-iron bakepot. All the pots stood on the ‘drievoet’ or a metal frame known as a trivet.
1994 G. Jezi Informant, Grahamstown (now Makhanda, Eastern Cape)You put the whole smiley on a drievoet and burn off all the hair, you wash it with a stone and hot water until it’s clean, clean.
B. adjective rare Having three legs: see also three-legged.
1988 M. Tlali in Staffrider Vol.7 No.3, 360I could see her stoking fire below a big ‘drievoet’ iron pot.
A trivet.
Having three legs:
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